Elimi-Bad-Date: Guest Of A Guest Style

by Chiara Atik · June 15, 2009

[Photo by Ben Watts] Summer parties are the perfect place to pick up a summer fling: people are in a festive mood, open bar helps things along, and everyone looks better when they're not wearing North Face.

Still, finding the rightsummer fling can be tricky business if you don't know what to avoid. Here are some things to avoid when scouting for some Summer Lovin'...

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You see him from across the party. He's staring at you. He's cute. He's.....

drinking a cosmo. Even in 1999, it would have been weird for a guy to be drinking this. Avoid.

wearing a button-down shirt that is completely unbuttoned. Conceited, or just lazy.

Wearing Front-pleated khakis. Grandpa?? What are YOU doing here?

got his cellphone attached to his belt. It's called a pocket. And you're at a party.